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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 49]
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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago
I found Gridman's animation jarring and rough with a hype OP and cheesy story. Dynazenon is an overall better production. Gridman Universe is pretty awesome and requires watching both Gridman and Dynazenon for the full experience.
They have some of the best character designs, too.

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Don't know if I can take it sitting down.

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Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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yes, AI is crap, but it might not be crap some day, so just you wait!”

I mean, there's a gap between the capabilities of Cleverbot and ChatGPT, as referenced in this very comments section. As much as one wishes it not be so, it would be foolish to ignore past technological leaps—and how people back then laugh them off as impossible.

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Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

The Italian Brainrot memes sound better than those.

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Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

espeaks looks pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

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Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

According to the beta testers, and the Internet, listeners abhorred the LLM localization & actual tone-deaf Speech audio dubbing. Keeping the original dubbings is simply what folks want, esp. if it’s labeled abridged.

Yes, at its current state. Will it stay that way? The tech companies are burning cash in attempts to make it not so. My hunch says even Vocaloid-tier AI dubbing will be enough for a large sector of the audience. Then the human vs. AI dubbing debate could be analogous to debates between lossy (more accessible) vs. lossless (higher quality) audio.

Now, LLM localization is the greater challenge. I highly doubt those, including the classic machine-learning models, can reach N1-level localization quality.

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Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

I prefer proper VA dubbing versus AI dubbing. This is more of a question if the viewership prefers AI dub vs. no dub if proper dubs are not yet available.

bruv every anime listed in MAL has runtimes, lengths, and additional metadata.

Fair, I don't have the time right now to be 100% accurate at my figures, so I went with a rough estimate. I tried to be as clear as I can on that point.

there are few N1 localizers willing to work at the 硬貨 on the دينار for whatever AMZN is valued at

If it's only easy for fandubs to be readily available. Like there are few N1 localizers willing to work at Amazon's assessed rates, few IP holders are willing to say yes to dubbing their shows at the money fandubbers can afford. There's also hiring the proper voice actors for the characters, and the ones who do the anime justice/will not have the fans crucifying the anime for doing a craptastic job at dubbing deservedly ask a premium.

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

There are ~25K anime in MyAnimeList. If we assume that there are 250K episodes with a total average length of 25 minutes, each, we are talking about dubbing 6.25 million minutes overall.

Let's say 80% of them is not yet dubbed, that'll be 5M minutes. Netflix delayed KaoruHana for at least two months to dub 8 episodes * 25 minutes, so they likely took three months to complete 200 minutes of footage i.e. a rate of 0.3 anime minutes/VA minute. Let's say there are 100 organizations with three teams of dubbers each, so the rate can be expanded to 90 anime minutes/VA minute overall.

Clearing the backlog will require 55K minutes. That's 925 hours/115 business days, or almost a year. I guess it is possible if we wait this long. And this calculation ignores time to select the right VA for the job, paying the amount the VAs request to accept the job, plus a whole lot of other factors I failed to mention or I don't even know exist.

And this is for just one language (English), and I'm still waiting for the Italian dub of JoJo Part 5.

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Amazon’s AI ‘Banana Fish’ Dubs Are Hilariously, Inexcusably Bad

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

On one hand: It's impossible to dub every single anime at a reasonable time.

On the other: I totally see the big companies refusing to hire real actors for dubbing because 'muh profits'

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Google frequently stops working as an engine

Don't threaten me with a good time.

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"Jurassic" Park

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Username checks out

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Sprout Dude (from Pinterest, I don't remember the artist))

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Second-hand attribution from derived work

Plantman (Torchlight II concept art) by Mike Franchina #134 http://tiny.cc/rcca9y

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I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

And the issue is that for the people who call for a Butlerian Jihad, we are part of the problem.

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Symphonic Suite: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Well, I sure hope somebody picks up that phone. Because Evan f*cking Called it!

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Evangelion Kabuki Project Unveils Main Cast, Staff

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[Episode] GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class • 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei - Episode 8 discussion

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Lore-accurate Shinsengumi wear!

Hijikata is a hardliner with regards to rules, but he's not above rules-lawyering if the situation demands it.

@rikka@ani.social

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Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2025, Week 48]

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molave @reddthat.com 5mo ago

Just finished The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity. I was so, so happy with how it ended. I started watching it a little concerned about cut corners with its animation, but it stuck the landing so well it exceeded my expectations from the moment I saw its announcement visual.

Summer 2025 is a season to never forget, and I doubt there could be anything like this for a long time.

My top #11, #12, and #13 anime are all romance anime, all liked and loved for different reasons. My personal ranking of these are very close together.